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AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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Carbon Fiber Low Cost Carbon Manufacturer 218

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

A report prepared by Ricardo earlier this year for, and in collaboration with, the expert membership of the UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership ( earlier post ) highlighted the increasing importance of accounting for whole life carbon emissions to compare the greenhouse gas emissions of low carbon vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Emissions Industrial Industry Vehicles 199

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AUGUST 16, 2016

SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. Develop fluorine containing carbonate solvents that will allow existing lithium ion batteries to operating above 4.5

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Advanced materials are essential for boosting the fuel economy of cars and trucks while maintaining and improving safety and performance. Reducing a vehicle’s weight by just 10% can improve fuel economy by 6% to 8%. Halla Visteon Climate Control USA. 587,248 (jointly funded). Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Lithium Ion Transportation Universal Fuel Economy 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

For example, fuel economy statistics and a graphic display of the electric range is shown on the navigation map. An outer skin made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) encases the inner aluminum shell. With help from wind power, the Audi e-gas, a synthetic methane, is produced from water and carbon dioxide.

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Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

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JULY 17, 2015

Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. It is wasteful and destructive to be burning this versatile molecule; we must stop.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150